"I've been chasing inclusion my entire life. I didn't feel included in my community. I was the funny looking, dark-skinned girl with the long funny looking braid." That "funny looking dark-skinned girl" was Mita Mallick, now a veteran DEI expert and co-host of the Brown Table Talk podcast. Before becoming head of inclusion, equity & impact at Carta, she admits to at times feeling tokenized in her career. In this episode of Brand Insider: BTS Mita opens up to me about the burden of being the lone voice representing and asking "as a woman of color how am I setting the standard?" The author of Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths To Transform Your Workplace also talks about the power of storytelling, sponsorship vs mentorship, and how everyone can be an ally by simply speaking up when you see something wrong. by Lisa Singer Read the whole story >
"There's been many times you've kind of had to change the game in order to make sure that you are doing the right thing ... by Lisa Singer Read the whole story >
"Don't you ever thank somebody else for the work that you did. You earned this, you got here on your own. I just gave ... by Lisa Singer Read the whole story >
"I always feel that responsibility of representing this field...I feel that once you go and you talk, and you show that this is so ... by Lisa Singer Read the whole story >
"You realize how little you know about the world, what you do know some things about, and, again, how to approach life with a ... by Lisa Singer Read the whole story >
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